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The 7th Annual Grammy Awards were held on April 13, 1965, at Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1964. ^{[1] [2]} João Gilberto & Stan Getz won 4 awards.

Award winners

• Record of the Year
  • Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz for " The Girl from Ipanema"
• Album of the Year
  • João Gilberto & Stan Getz for Getz/Gilberto
• Song of the Year
  • Jerry Herman (songwriter) for " Hello, Dolly!" performed by Louis Armstrong
• Best New Artist
  • The Beatles

Children's

• Best Recording for Children
  • Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Glynis Johns, David Tomlinson & Ed Wynn for Mary Poppins

Classical

• Best Performance - Orchestra
  • Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 5/ Berg: Wozzeck Excerpts
• Best Vocal Soloist Performance (with or without orchestra)
  • Fritz Reiner (conductor), Leontyne Price & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Nuits d'Ete (Song Cycle)/Falla: El Amor Brujo
• Best Opera Recording
  • Herbert von Karajan (conductor) Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni, Robert Merrill, Leontyne Price & the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for Bizet: Carmen
• Best Choral Performance (other than opera)
  • Robert Shaw (choir director) & the Robert Shaw Chorale for Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
• Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra)
  • Eugene Ormandy (conductor), Isaac Stern & the Philadelphia Orchestra for Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D
• Best Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (without orchestra)
  • Vladimir Horowitz for Vladimir Horowitz Plays Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin
• Best Chamber Music Performance - Vocal
  • Noah Greenberg (conductor) & the New York Pro Musica for It Was a Lover and His Lass
• Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental
  • Jascha Heifetz, Jacob Lateiner & Gregor Piatigorsky for Beethoven: Trio No. 1 in E Flat, Op.1 #1
• Best Composition by a Contemporary Composer
  • Samuel Barber for Concerto performed by John Browning
• Best Classical Album
  • Leonard Bernstein (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 "Kaddish"
• Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist
  • Marilyn Horne

Comedy

• Best Comedy Performance
  • Bill Cosby for I Started Out as a Child

Composing and arranging

• Best Instrumental Composition (other than jazz)
  • Henry Mancini (composer) for "The Pink Panther Theme"
• Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show
  • Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (composers) for Mary Poppins performed by Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke & various artists
• Best Instrumental Arrangement
  • Henry Mancini (arranger) for "The Pink Panther Theme"
• Best Accompaniment Arrangement for Vocalist(s) or Instrumentalist(s)
  • Peter Matz (arranger) for "People" performed by Barbra Streisand

Country

• Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Female
  • Dottie West for "Here Comes My Baby"
• Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
  • Roger Miller for " Dang Me"
• Best Country & Western Single
  • Roger Miller for "Dang Me"
• Best Country & Western Song
  • Roger Miller (songwriter) for "Dang Me"
• Best Country & Western Album
  • Roger Miller for Dang Me/Chug-A-Lug
• Best New Country & Western Artist
  • Roger Miller

Folk

• Best Folk Recording
  • Gale Garnett for We'll Sing in the Sunshine

Gospel

• Best Gospel or Other Religious Recording (Musical)
  • Tennessee Ernie Ford for Great Gospel Songs

Jazz

• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Small Group or Soloist with Small Group
  • Stan Getz for Getz/Gilberto
• Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
  • Laurindo Almeida for Guitar from Ipanema
• Best Original Jazz Composition
  • Lalo Schifrin (composer) for "The Cat"

Musical show

• Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album
  • Jule Styne & Robert Merrill (composers) & the original cast ( Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin, Danny Meehan, Kay Medford, Jean Stapleton & John Lankston) for Funny Girl

Packaging and notes

• Best Album Cover - Classical
  • Robert M. Jones (art director) & Jan Balet (graphic artist) for Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals/ Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler
• Best Album Cover - Other Than Classical
  • Robert Cato (art director) & Don Bronstein (photographer) for People performed by Barbra Streisand
• Best Album Notes
  • Stanton Catlin (album notes writer) for Mexico (Legacy Collection) performed by Carlos Chavez

Pop

• Best Vocal Performance, Female
  • Barbra Streisand for People
• Best Vocal Performance, Male
  • Louis Armstrong for " Hello, Dolly!"
• Best Performance by a Vocal Group
  • The Beatles for A Hard Day's Night
• Best Performance by a Chorus
  • Ward Swingle for The Swingle Singers Going Baroque performed by The Swingle Singers
• Best Instrumental Performance - Non-Jazz
  • Henry Mancini for " The Pink Panther Theme"
• Best Rock and Roll Recording
  • Petula Clark for " Downtown"

Production and engineering

• Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical
  • Phil Ramone (engineer) for Getz/Gilberto performed by Stan Getz & João Gilberto
• Best Engineered Recording
  • Douglas Larter (engineer), Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) & the Philharmonia Orchestra for Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
• Best Engineered Recording - Special or Novel Effects
  • David Hassinger (engineer) for The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles performed by The Chipmunks

R&B

• Best Rhythm & Blues Recording
  • Nancy Wilson for " (You Don't Know) How Glad I Am"

Spoken

• Best Documentary, Spoken Word or Drama Recording (other than comedy)
  • That Was The Week That Was for BBC Tribute to John F. Kennedy performed by the That Was the Week That Was cast

References